Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-11-19
ELECTRIC RAILWAYS.
Their Successful Use in Europe and at
the East

While Americans claim eyerythinp for
their enterprise and quickness to utilize
important inventions, Boston people can
look away from the West End Railroads
experiments and find the ancient CITY of
Brussels operating street cars with ease and
success by the storage system Just intro
duced here. a correspondent of the Phil
adelphia Telegraph tells how, returning to
the city after some years absence, he found
the tram car" station reorganized as an
electric railway station.
The design in use is the Julien storage
and traction system, furnished by Brus-
sells company, "LElectrique," and is
known from the name of its inventor. NJ.
Edmond Julien. He is a tall, well-pro-
portioned man of French type, and has
the air of man who takes everything du
ser'eou. He is as much pleased as child
with new toy at the success of his sys-
TEN, and perhaps he has reason to be,
since this success has recently brought him
from King Leopold the much-coveted dec
Grafton OF the Order of Leopold. which
is equivalent to the Legion d7Honneur in
France.
Since April the company has been oper-
ating ten cars, which they move at the
rate of seven miles an hour These cars
have been IN operation since April, and
they are found capable of giving as good
service as sixteen cars propelled by horses
Inc running expenses are reported to be
much lower than with horses. Even count
ing the renewal of batteries and expenses
existing and to come, the working ex-
penses OF five cars drawn by horses have
cost as much rs eight electrical cars saw
ing OF three cars in eight, or tritie over
thlrty-seven per cent.
The force consists of fireman, engineer,
electrician and inspector. The same per-
sonnet would be capable of managing
plant OF several times the capacity NJ
Julien said TO the correspondent: 6"
have Just received an order from The
Hague for twelve cars, which are now be-
ing constructed under the supervision of
their own engineer, NJ. Flamnache |
have concluded contract with two lines
in Vienna, where my system is about to be
introduced. A telegram received a few
days ago from Lisbon informs me that the
first car sent there is now in successful
operation. Others will follow soon There
are four cars running in Hamburg.
have cars in construction for Milan, Italy
A'io ah0Aio, DldAii; anu -helDcuIHt, AUS
tralia"
On the lines of the Consolidated West
End road here the electric car, which is
now under trial, is operated by combina-
ton OF the Julien storage system with the
Sprague motor. Mr.. Sprague is young
engineer, who showed remarkable profit
cheney in electrical studies while in our
national naval service, and attracted the
attention Of Mr.. Edison at the Paris Ex-
position. He became the chief construct
ing engineer for the Edison Electric Light
Company, and is now the General Man
ager OF The Sprague Electric Railway and
Motor Company, which was organized by
the President OF the Edison Electric Light
Company, Edward II. Johnson, and others
for the development of :he Sprague motor
There is no reason to question the choice
of the West End Company in making its
trial.